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Travel with Us!

Do you want to travel? Have nothing planned for Spring Break?

Let's Travel!

Want to travel with us?

Stop in Manderino Library 440,

and talk to Dr. Sean C. Madden (Director) or James S. Krebs (GA)

Upcoming Trips:

Ghana - Spring Break 2015

Our Trips

Cozumel and Belize - December 2013

A Mayan Adventure

The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.

Cozumel, Mexico

Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatán Channel. Cozumel is one of the ten municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

What is Tulum?

Tulum is the site of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city serving as a major port for Cobá. The ruins are situated on 12-meter tall cliffs, along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Belize

Belize is a country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is the only country in the area that has English as the official language, though an English creole and Spanish are more commonly spoken. Some facts include... the Belize Dollar has a currency exchange of $2.00 (Belize Dollars) to $1.00 (US Dollar) there are also 7-traffic lights in Belize; however, only 6 of them are working. Belize, a small country, nestled between Mexico and Guatemala, is full of friendly people who make the most of their money from fishing and tourism.

What is Altun Ha?

Altun Ha is the name given ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 30 miles north of Belize City and about 6 miles west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about 5 miles square